200 / 240 / 500 Hour - Shanti Yoga Teacher Trainings

Registration is open for Spring, Summer, or Fall 2012

• Yoga Alliance
• RYS 200
• RYS 500
• Open Source Yoga

Internationally recognized and Yoga Alliance approved, our Registered Yoga Teacher Training School opens the world of yoga to students in profound and deeply satisfying ways.

We offer students the most well rounded Yoga Teacher Training possible.

All our training programs surpass the guidelines set by Yoga Alliance. In addition to our popular 200 Hour Trainings, we offer the unique choice of a 240 Hour Expanded Training. Our 240 Hour program includes all the fundamentals of our 200 Hour Course with enriched hours in Theraputics and Ayurveda, delivering a deeper experience of Yoga as a healing art.

The 40 Hour immersion section of the 240 Hour Training or any module of our 500 Hour Trainings may be taken for Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Credit.

Our training instructors are unsurpassed in technique and delivery. Dan Clement has decades of study and practice in Astanga, Iyengar, and Anusara Yoga - bringing the best of each style to training. Elissa Gumushel draws upon a decade of teaching Anusara Yoga; the brilliant Hatha practice accompanied by elegant tantric philosophy and skillful alignment techniques. Joy Morrell has practiced and studied yoga for forty years. Joy's depth of compassion and intuitive teaching enriches the training experience. Todd Caldecott's encyclopedic knowledge of Herbology and Ayurveda bring these sciences to life for students. Studying traditional Ayurveda in India and Nepal, Todd returned to Canada as one of this countries most renown Ayurvedic practitioners.

All students training with us receive our unique
Key to the Studio Yoga Pass, allowing access
to all scheduled studio classes while training, free

Our refreshing training schedule provides time for study, participation in studio classes, and ample opportunites to practice sequencing, voice, and theming.

Students gather 3-4 hours each morning and 3-4 hours in the afternoon on weekdays. On weekends we immerse in the specialized worlds of Yoga Therapy, Thai Yoga Massage, Structural Integration, and Therapeutic Breathwork.

View a great gallery of photos from our trainings, visit Shanti Yoga Journal

Students joining us from elsewhere

The natural environment of the Kootenay-Rockies creates a wonderful backdrop for your Yoga Teacher Training. Soaking in the hot springs, enjoying refreshing hikes and exploring the heritage town of Nelson enhance your experience - creating memories to last a lifetime.

We encourage you to join us car free!

Excellent air, shuttle, and bus service gets you to Nelson and once you're here you can get anywhere you need to go without a car. Nelson is a great walking town.

We're happy to help you with accomodation

The Mountain Hound Inn, Alpine Motel, and Lotus House offer excellent, super reasonable accommodation. All three are located just a few minutes walk from the studio. In addition, there are lovely B&B's, more vacation rentals, and dozens of healthy, inexpensive eateries within walking distance.

Shanti Yoga training students receive special rates for lovely rooms with private bathrooms at these inns. When making your reservation, please indicate that you're a teacher in training at Shanti Yoga Studio.

Enrollment is limited, pre-registration required
Contact us for details or to view our Course Curriculum and Reading List.

Comments from our graduates:

“ I couldn't be happier with my decision to train at Shanti. The program was thorough and very well organized, the instructors were amazing, and the studio director took great care of us ”

“ Nelson proved to be the perfect setting for my journey. It was a real treat having unlimited access to yoga classes at the studio - something definitely worth taking advantage of ”

“ I have deepened my practice and feel well prepared to share yoga as a teacher. My words of advice to anyone considering signing up for Teacher Training at Shanti? Take the leap, you won't regret it ”